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Fri, 06 Mar 2015 15:07:40 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.1Holy Cross Partners with Basketball Hall of Fame to Sponsor Bob Cousy Awardhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolyCross/~3/ZDO4DIy6k1E/
http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/05/holy-cross-partners-with-basketball-hall-of-fame-to-sponsor-bob-cousy-award/#commentsThu, 05 Mar 2015 16:58:24 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33184The College of the Holy Cross has partnered with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame to sponsor the Bob Cousy Point Guard of the Year Award. Named for Hall of Famer and former Boston Celtic and Holy Cross guard Bob Cousy ’50, the annual honor now in its 12th year recognizes the top point guards in men’s college basketball. The winner of the 2015 Bob Cousy Award will be presented at ESPN’s new College Basketball Awards show at Club Nokia in Los Angeles on Friday, April 10, 2015. The awards show will be televised live on ESPN2 at 8 p.m. EST.

“We are proud to honor one of Holy Cross’ best-known and beloved student-athletes and at the same time honor outstanding student-athletes around the country,” said Rev. Philip L. Boroughs, S.J., president of Holy Cross. “Mr. Cousy has been a leader on and off the basketball court—held in high esteem for a career also marked by integrity and an unwavering commitment to social justice and civil rights. Our sponsorship of this award celebrates the excellence and athletic achievement that he personifies.”

Commenting on the Holy Cross sponsorship of the collegiate distinction, Cousy said, “I believe the award has been very meaningful to the talented young men who have received it over the years, and I am thrilled to know that my connection to Holy Cross will be so strongly represented in this way.”

Bob Cousy had an All-America career (1946-1950) at Holy Cross, leading the Crusaders to three NCAA tournaments and the 1947 title. He was named a Consensus First-Team All-American in 1950. His success continued at the professional level as a six-time NBA Champion (1957, 1959-1963), NBA Most Valuable Player (1957) and 13-time NBA All-Star (1951-63). In 1996, he was named a member of the NBA’s 50th Anniversary All-Time Team.

In 2008, Holy Cross honored Cousy with the unveiling of a life-size bronze statue in front of the Hart Recreation Center on campus.

The original watch list of 35 candidates will soon be narrowed down to five players for the 2015 Bob Cousy Award presented by College of the Holy Cross. The final five players in contention for the award will then be presented to the Hall of Fame’s selection committee comprised of top college basketball personnel.

For more information on the 2015 Bob Cousy Award presented by College of the Holy Cross, visit www.CousyAward.com.

About the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame: Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was invented, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame promotes and preserves the game of basketball at every level – professional, collegiate and high school, for both men and women on the global stage. Visit us on the web: www.hoophall.com

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http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/05/popular-irish-author-to-give-reading-from-award-winning-novel-at-holy-cross/#commentsThu, 05 Mar 2015 14:42:57 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33176Irish author Kevin Barry will give a reading on Wednesday, March 11 at 7 p.m. in the Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Callahan Support Fund for Irish Studies.

Barry has authored two short story collections, “There Are Little Kingdoms” (Stinging Fly Press, 2007), which he won the Rooney Prize for Irish Literature; and “Dark Lies the Island” (Graywolf Press, 2012). His novel “City of Bohane” (Graywolf Press, 2011) was awarded the 2013 Impac Award, one of the most prestigious and lucrative international book awards. “City of Bohane” recounts the savage tale of ‘hip gangsters’ battling in the streets of rural Ireland in 2053. The story is told in Barry’s lively and often hilarious vernacular. Barry has been dubbed a “writer of great promise” by the Guardian and the New York Times says his book is an “extraordinary first novel.”

The English department will also be hosting the following speakers this spring. Upcoming events:

• Wednesday, March 18 at 4:30 p.m – Carolyn Dinshaw, professor and chair of social and cultural analysis at New York University, will be the presenter for The Thomas Grace, S.J. Memorial Lecture. Her lecture is titled “I’ve Got You Under My Skin: The Green Man, Trans-Species Bodies, and Queer Worldmaking.”

• Thursday, March 26 at 7:30 p.m – Working Writer Series to present Author, Judy Frank

• Thursday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m – Working Writer Series to present American Poet, William Wenthe and Author, Philip Metres

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http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/04/womens-hockey-captures-ecac-open-title/#commentsWed, 04 Mar 2015 20:42:47 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33171Freshmen Lauren Abbenante from Cranston, R.I., Kara Violette from Biddeford, Maine, senior Mary Klimasewiski from Cochester, Conn., and sophomore Isabela Bagi from Branford, Conn. each sank goals to lead the Holy Cross women’s hockey team to its first ECAC Open title since 2011 on Sunday afternoon in Colchester, Vt., defeating Franklin Pierce 4-1. Holy Cross wrapped up its season at 18-7-3, while Franklin Pierce slipped to 20-6-1.

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http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/04/mens-womens-basketball-advance-into-patriot-league-quarterfinals/#commentsWed, 04 Mar 2015 20:07:31 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33167
The No. 8 seeded Holy Cross men’s basketball team advances to the Patriot League quarterfinals where they will play at Bucknell on Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m. This comes after the Crusaders recent 17 point victory over Loyola.

The No. 3 seeded Holy Cross women’s basketball team will host No. 6 seeded Lehigh in the Patriot League quarterfinals. The game will be held on Friday, March 6 at 6:05 p.m. at the Hart Center. Tickets are $8 for adults and $4 for students.

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http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/04/at-notre-dame-a-door-closes-but-many-more-are-opening-across-catholic-higher-ed/#commentsWed, 04 Mar 2015 18:41:47 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33192Joanne Pierce, professor of religious studies at College of the Holy Cross and a University of Notre Dame alumna, reflects on the legacy of Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, president emeritus of Notre Dame, in a piece for The Conversation.

She writes, “Hesburgh’s keen awareness of others marked his pastoral and professional life, and that awareness served as one element of his vision of what Catholic higher education could and should be. As a priest and an academic leader, he knew that the role of the American Catholic university had to face the future fully engaged with the strengths and weaknesses, the gifts and the needs, of the human society that surrounded it.”

She believes his death should not be viewed as a door closing on a “room” that will never be revisited. “The successive generations of those shaped by Catholic higher education carry his vision forward,” she writes. “With the passing of Father Hesburgh, one stage of public American Catholicism does recede into the past, but, led by scholars and alumni inspired by his ideals and example, other stages have already begun.”

David O’Brien, professor emeritus of history at Holy Cross and a Notre Dame alumnus told the Wall Street journal: “Fr. Hesburgh was a man of our generation. The previous generation might have inspired people to be priests and nuns and missionaries. He inspired laypeople to achieve great things.”

]]>http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/04/at-notre-dame-a-door-closes-but-many-more-are-opening-across-catholic-higher-ed/feed/0http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/04/at-notre-dame-a-door-closes-but-many-more-are-opening-across-catholic-higher-ed/Photo Gallery: More Than 100 Inches of Snow Buries Holy Cross Campushttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolyCross/~3/I2Za96BZLOY/
http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/04/photo-gallery-more-than-100-inches-of-snow-buries-holy-cross-campus/#commentsWed, 04 Mar 2015 14:30:28 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33124Ever wondered what the Holy Cross campus would look like with more than 100 inches of snow? Wonder no more.

As of this post, Mother Nature has dumped 112 inches of the white stuff on Worcester, making it the snowiest city in America (among U.S. cities with a population of 100,000 or more).

Despite snowstorms that haven’t relented since January (including a record-setting blizzard), the 2014-15 snowfall total hasn’t blown over the all-time record. That was set in 1995-96 when 132.9 inches besieged Worcester.

Whether a new all-time record will be set this year is anyone’s guess. What we’re sure of, however, is no matter how much of the powdery stuff we get, our always reliable — if not weathered — Facilities crew will have the campus (dug) up and running in no time.

]]>http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/04/photo-gallery-more-than-100-inches-of-snow-buries-holy-cross-campus/feed/1http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/04/photo-gallery-more-than-100-inches-of-snow-buries-holy-cross-campus/Photo Gallery: Black Student Union Celebrates Black History Monthhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/HolyCross/~3/XEmTIgPpVAQ/
http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/04/photo-gallery-black-student-union-celebrates-black-history-month/#commentsWed, 04 Mar 2015 14:15:00 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33082The Black and Gold Fashion Show is one of the most popular annual events among Holy Cross students. This year’s event was no different. The sold out show, held at Mechanics Hall in Worcester, was set to the beat of a range of music: blues, jazz, doo-wop, soul, rock ’n’ roll, R&B, pop, and hip-hop.

In addition to the fashion show, the gallery above also includes photos of a talk delivered by Dawn Porter, an attorney, civil justice crusader and award-winning documentary filmmaker, who explored the current American justice system in her lecture; and the second annual Black Staff Appreciation event. Other events included a Motown-inspired 10 Spot, a weekly open mic night; a demonstration featuring the visual representations of the mass incarceration of black and brown men in the United States; and a panel discussion on black love.

Founded in 1968, following the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the BSU is committed to educating the Holy Cross community about the importance of heritage, the affirmation of identity and the legacy of achievement. Emphasizing the academic, cultural, social, and political development of its members, BSU aims to provide a support system for African American students and all members of the Holy Cross community by creating an environment that promotes leadership, embraces identity and encourages diversity.

The events complement the College’s HC in Solidarity initiative, which invites students, faculty and alumni to explore together — through events, conversations, panel discussions, common readings and other academic and cocurricular programs — the reality of what it means to live as a community in solidarity today. Learn more on the Holy Cross in Solidarity website.

Photography by Tom Rettig and Caroline Cormier ’16

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http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/03/02/270-students-participate-in-service-projects-during-spring-break/#commentsMon, 02 Mar 2015 21:15:02 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33069Hundreds of Holy Cross students—roughly one in 10 at the College—have traded in their beach chairs to participate in “alternative” spring break programs, which range from service immersion trips to business workshops to reflective retreats.

Here are a few of the programs taking place during this week.

Spring Break Immersion ProgramApproximately 270 students are participating in a week of service through the consistently popular Spring Break Immersion Program. The community service work includes meal preparation at shelters; home repairs; working with elderly and people with disabilities; and exploring immigration issues.

The large number of students are engaging with communities in 25 different locations across 13 states.

Students are traveling to 15 sites across the Appalachian region, including Salem, W. Va.; Barren Spring, Va.; Whitley City, Ky.; and Fries, Va. The array of Appalachian sites, which have been at the heart of the immersion program since its establishment, offer over 200 students diverse opportunities to connect with communities and to engage in and understand the issues that affect them.

Students are also serving in L’Arche communities in five different locations: Mobile, Ala.; Syracuse, N.Y.; St. Louis, Mo.; Jacksonville, Fla.; and Haverhill, Mass. L’Arche is an international network of communities that enables people with and without disabilities to live in faith and community together.

Additionally, students are continuing relief work to support the communities affected by Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans; meeting and working with migrants in El Paso, Texas; and preparing meals and providing other services for the homeless and their families in Alamosa, Colo. Two urban sites—in Chicago and Camden, N.J.—offer students the opportunity to learn about urban poverty and social economic issues through work at social service agencies including food banks and urban youth centers.

The immersion program, begun almost 40 years ago, is sponsored by the Chaplains’ Office.

Business WorkshopsTwenty-one students will be on campus to participate in two new business workshops—the Advertising, Communications, and PR Workshop; and the Sales and Marketing Workshop—which aim to introduce students to the marketing, public relations, advertising and sales industries and expose them to the many careers within the fields.

These rigorous and immersive workshops will be run by alumni executives and include business simulations, case studies and team projects. Sponsored by the Ciocca Office of Entrepreneurial Studies (COES), the workshops help students develop job search confidence, while they are simultaneously given the tools to leverage their liberal arts degree in the business world by successful alumni entrepreneurs.

Spiritual ExercisesAnother 12 students are participating in the a five-day, adapted version of the traditional Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. The retreat, which takes place at the Campion Renewal Center in Weston, Mass., gives students the space to reflect on their lives and their relationship to others, to reflect more deeply on their faith and the power of God’s love for them.

In addition to time set aside for personal reflection and prayer, the chaplain retreat directors engage students in liturgies and thematic talks to help assist in their faith journeys. The retreat directors are Lucille Cormier, S.A.S.V.; Emily Davis, assistant chaplain; Nancy Sheridan, S.A.S.V.; Jim Hayes, S.J., associate chaplain for mission; and Meg Fox-Kelly, associate chaplain and director of retreats.

The Spiritual Exercises are also offered in October, January, and May, and attract more than 100 students annually.

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http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/02/26/holy-cross-professors-and-students-shape-innovative-classroom-experiment/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 21:21:25 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33062In the February issue of Connections, an online publications of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Leah Hager Cohen, distinguished writer-in-residence in the English department at the College of the Holy Cross, and Lynn Kremer, professor of theatre at the College of the Holy Cross, write about CreateLab, an experimental course on creativity taught by a team of faculty from diverse disciplines.

“CreateLab was devised in conjunction with a new initiative, Arts Transcending Borders (ATB), which aspires to transform the culture and identity of Holy Cross by bringing creativity through the arts into the entire curriculum and co-curriculum.” Cohen and Kremer explain.

“Twice a week, the entire CreateLab community, including ATB guest artists, gather for an hour and fifty minutes. Professors take turns presenting mini-lectures (individually or jointly); leading discussions on readings and other assigned material; and issuing micro-challenges and engaging students in hands-on experimentation with creative prompts and projects. Each group also collaborates on two major projects over the course of the semester: these may include elements of live performance, video, installation art, the design of business plans for apps or games, tableaux vivant, etc.”

However, during the first midterm evaluation, not only did the professors find themselves at odds with one another, but with the students as well over the critiques of the projects.

“Collectively, we examined our own feelings about what had occurred, acknowledged where gaps in communication had led to misunderstandings about assessment practices, and discussed the students’ reactions in terms of their honesty and agency – especially within a culture that tends to prize obeisance and deference. How wonderful, we realized! After several weeks of dutifully trying to please us, the instructors, they had become invested enough in the course to push back and assert their own ideas about how they could best benefit their growth,” says Cohen and Kremer.

As the radical new class came to an end in December, Cohen and Kremer saw changes in both the students’ work and the passion for such work that they credit to the process of creating.

“What really stood out was the way that several groups drew together during the process of creating their final collaborations, often overcoming subtle or overt degrees of adversity, timidity and factionalism they’d struggled with earlier – and the way that groups presented work the students themselves were passionate about, rather than work they thought would please the professors/graders. In the end, everyone who’d staked a claim in the course, faculty and students alike, had a hand in shaping it – and an opportunity to be provoked, nourished and changed.”

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http://news.holycross.edu/blog/2015/02/24/mcfarland-center-to-present-free-programs-exploring-christianitys-role-in-society/#commentsTue, 24 Feb 2015 21:15:48 +0000http://news.holycross.edu/?p=33054The Rev. Michael C. McFarland, S.J. Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture at the College of the Holy Cross sponsors programs that explore basic human questions of meaning, morality and mutual obligation. Often, the McFarland Center brings in renowned scholars, experts and thought-leaders to give lectures and lead discussions. These events are free and open to the general public. They are also recorded and available for viewing online at holycross.edu/mcfarlandcenter.

The McFarland Center’s events for March include:

Monday, March 16, 2015; 4:30 p.m., Rehm LibraryAdelante: Film Screening and Director’s Talk — Just outside of Philadelphia, Mexican newcomers are revitalizing a dying Irish-Catholic parish. Now, the sounds of children giggling have returned to the church, and mariachis join bagpipers in celebrating community events. Watch the story unfold in the film, and hear from director and producer, Noam Osband, following the screening. Co-sponsored by the Catholic Studies, Latin American and Latino Studies, and Catholics & Cultures programs at Holy Cross.

Thursday, March 19, 2015; 4:30 p.m., Rehm LibraryLecture: Caesar or God? The Source of Authentic Power according to Mt 22:15-22 — Luc Bonaventure Ayité Amoussou, S.J., an International Visiting Jesuit Scholar at Holy Cross, will examine a popular proverb used to support the separation of Church and State, and consider whether it’s an apt defense of the modern dichotomy between politics and religion. Originally from Benin and the West Africa Province, Fr. Amoussou is founder and coordinator of Rays of Hope, a center for helping disadvantaged students in Benin. At Holy Cross, his teaching focuses on the intersection of politics and religion.

Monday, March 23, 2015; 4:30 p.m., Rehm LibraryPanel Discussion: Christian Theology and the Crisis of Capitalism — Kwok Pui Lan, the William F. Cole Professor of Christian Theology and Spirituality at Episcopal Divinity School, will join Holy Cross professors Mary Hobgood and Peter Fritz for a panel discussion on the contemporary crisis of capitalism, which has been shaped by the economic collapse of 2008 and the Occupy movement of 2011. The panel will offer reflections on how Christian theology might respond to and resist the economic inequalities, social exclusion, and environmental devastation produced by today’s dominant economic system.

NEW DATE! Wednesday, March 25, 2015; 4:30 p.m., Rehm LibraryFrom the Civil War to Ferguson: The Role of the Black Church as a Training Ground for Activism — Karsonya Wise Whitehead, assistant professor of communication and African & African American studies at Loyola University Maryland, will explore the role of the black church in the context of American history, the recent events in Ferguson and New York, and the African American experience. Whitehead is the author of “Notes from a Colored Girl: The Civil War Pocket Diaries of Emilie Frances Davis” (University of South Carolina Press, 2014). Note: This lecture was rescheduled from Jan. 26.